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70 DR. BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR : WRITINGS AND SPEECHES
no antagonism between the Vedas and Upanishads—is quite contrary to the tenor of the Upanishads and their relation to the Vedas. Badarayana’s attitude is not easy to understand. But it is quite obvious that Badarayana is a queer and a pathetic case of an opponent who begins his battle by admitting the validity of the premises of his adversary. Why did Badarayana concede to Jaimini on the question of infallibility of the Vedas which were opposed to the Upanishads ? Why did he not stand for truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth as expounded by the Upanishads ? The Badarayana has in his Vedanta Sutras betrayed the Upanishads. Why did he do so ?
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